National Prayer Breakfast

== Australian National Prayer Breakfast ==
The Australian National Prayer Breakfast is hosted by the [[Parliamentary Christian Fellowship]] with the support of a small organising committee. Journalist [[Jeff Sharlet (writer)|Jeff Sharlet]] believes that American congressmen were writing to counterparts in Australia in the 1960s, encouraging their own event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Munro |first=Ian |date=2008-06-13 |title=Secrets of a powerful Family |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/secrets-of-a-powerful-family-20080613-2q8z.html |access-date=2019-08-22 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> In time, the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship, started by [[Kim Beazley Sr.]] and [[Mervyn Lee]], launched the first Australian Prayer Breakfast in 1986.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maddox |first=Marion |date=2001 |title=For God and Country: Religious Dynamics in Australian Federal Politics |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22library%2Fprspub%2F1534047%22 |journal=Parliamentary Library}}</ref> Key organisers and prominent participants have included Bruce Baird had and figures with links with [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|the Fellowship]] such as brothers Jock Cameron and [[Ross Cameron]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talkback: Christians, politics and public purpose :: Sunday Nights |url=https://www.abc.net.au/sundaynights/stories/s1258803.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cadzow |first=Jane |date=2004-08-13 |title=The right thing |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-right-thing-20130524-2k61g.html |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Prominent speakers at the National Prayer Breakfast and associated side events include [[Mark Scott (businessman)|Mark Scott]], [[Michael Jeffery (Australian Army officer)|Major General Michael Jeffery]], [[George Pell|Cardinal George Pell]] and [[Tim Costello]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/more-than-just-a-light-on-the-hill-20071222-gdru68.html|title=More than just a light on the hill|date=2007-12-22|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Maddox |first=Marion |title=God under Howard : the rise of the religious right in Australian politics |date=2005 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=1741145686 |location=Crows Nest, N.S.W. |oclc=224388713}}</ref> For the 2019 Australian National Prayer Breakfast people were invited to bring their MP because of Paul's call to “pray for all those in authority”.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://plus.citybibleforum.org/civicrm-event/2080|title=National Prayer Breakfast 2019 |website=plus.citybibleforum.org |language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> From that time, Leon Hribar has helped organize the Australian National Prayer Breakfast.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tuggeranong.lutheran.org.au/event/national-prayer-breakfast/|title=National Prayer Breakfast |website=Tuggeranong Good Shepherd Congregation, ACT |language=en-AU|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>